Elswick, Brunel Street, Brunel Street Brewery

HER Number:
11084

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Elswick, Brunel Street, Brunel Street Brewery

Place:
Elswick

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Brewing and Malting Site

Site Type: Specific:
Brewery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Joseph Mitcheson built the Brunel Street Brewery in 1860. He worked there until around 1874. An advertisement of 1872 described his "good, wholesome, and genuine samples of Newcastle Mild Ale". Robert Emmerson later took the premises over and converted it to housing in 1885.

Easting:
238

Northing:
632

Grid Reference:
NZ238632

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Brian Bennison, 1995, Brewers and Bottlers of Newcastle upon Tyne From 1850 to the present day, p 41